Why Evolution is True (with Dr. Jerry Coyne)
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The Thinking Atheist
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🗓️ 12 February 2014
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Is evolution a theory or fact? Or both? Is evolution "true?"
Dr. Jerry Coyne has a Ph.D in evolutionary biology from Harvard, and he serves as professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago. He is a member of both the Committee on Genetics and the Committee of Evolutionary Biology, and he is author of the books:
"Speciation" http://www.amazon.com/Speciation-Jerry-A-Coyne/dp/0878930892"
and
"Why Evolution is True" http://www.amazon.com/Why-Evolution-True-Jerry-Coyne/dp/0143116649/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391013997&sr=1-1&keywords=why+evolution+is+true
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, here we go, the step-by-three, two, one, action! |
| 0:06.5 | Assume nothing. |
| 0:08.3 | Brash, bald, fake, black and green. |
| 0:10.5 | Question, everything. |
| 0:12.5 | I find it extremely hard to imagine. |
| 0:14.0 | Open your eyes. |
| 0:16.5 | It is quite all right to be an atheist. |
| 0:18.5 | The fastest growing group of people in the country |
| 0:21.0 | has been measured as being those who have no belief |
| 0:23.5 | or who are atheists. |
| 0:25.0 | You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it. |
| 0:27.5 | Challenge the opposition. |
| 0:29.0 | You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument. |
| 0:32.5 | And start thinking. |
| 0:38.0 | This is the thinking atheist worldwide. |
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| 0:55.0 | Our featured book tonight is actually by my special guest, |
| 0:58.5 | Dr. Jerry Coyne, why evolution is true, |
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| 1:05.0 | And it's a great book because it sort of weaves together |
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